Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025
- Bill Number
- H.R. 3455
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-10-10: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 292.
- Last Updated
- 2026-02-04T05:06:24Z
Official Summary
Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report to Congress on the feasibility, potential benefits, and risks associated with implementing distributed ledger technology to improve claims adjudication and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse within the VA’s benefits administration systems. Under the bill, a distributed ledger (1) is shared across a set of distributed nodes that participate in a network and store a complete or partial replica of the ledger, (2) is synchronized between the nodes, and (3) has data appended to it by following a specified consensus mechanism.
Sponsor
Recent Actions
- 2025-10-10: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 292.
- 2025-10-10: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-340.
- 2025-10-10: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-340.
- 2025-07-23: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- 2025-07-23: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2025-07-23: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged
- 2025-06-11: Subcommittee Hearings Held
- 2025-06-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- 2025-05-15: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2025-05-15: Introduced in House
- 2025-05-15: Introduced in House
Bill Versions
- Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025 — issued 2025-05-15 — PDF (5 pages)
- Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025 — issued 2025-10-10 — PDF (8 pages)